I managed to get outside a bit and take some outdoor closeups too.

Prickly pear bud

Prickly pear on the edge!

Another bud, and something extra

 Better view of the something extra

And, just for the halibut, a dead tree on the edge of the canyon

Hope you like these, folks!

Flowers for mothers day

Here are a couple of closeups.  More to follow soon, from outside if the weather decides to cooperate!

I had some time to kill in Albuquerque around sunset today.  So, here are the best of the photos that resulted from this circumstance:

I suppose this one could count as a closeup, but I'll try to get a better closeup just for that "assignment."

Close-up of an early bird (gets the worm!)

Close-up, then far away.  This tree has a few years on it....

Assorted Closeups

Practiced a bit of old school photography on this. 100% manual settings. f 8.0, 1/30 sec., ISO 2000 (amazing!). Even manual focus. However, I will confess to using the in-camera light meter.

Some Close-ups

Taking out targets with my homies...

Yers Trooly and the early production run M14.

My Bro shooting a 5 shot/2 inch group at 100 yards.

His recently restored 1943 Mosin Nagant 1891/30.

My son popping pop bottles at 100 yards.

The Kimber .45 ACP making a mess of silhouettes at 25 yards.

Weepah Memories

Dandylion

Stuck in the 50s

"Helicopter Seeds" in the making

Hairy flower

OK, can anyone identify this? Sorry for the poor image, taken in 1961, probably with Plus X

Aspiring photographer. Circa 1968. Kodachrome 25 transparency

Seems like a million years ago...

A Three-fur Time Out...

Got bilked on this photo but turns out, it's my all time favorite...

Thinking of Chloe